RETARDING FORCE

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Meaning:

The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

Synonyms:

drag; retarding force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("retarding force" is a kind of...):

resistance (any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retarding force"):

sonic barrier; sound barrier (the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound)

windage (the retarding force of air friction on a moving object)